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author | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2016-11-14 13:46:33 -0500 |
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committer | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2016-11-14 13:46:33 -0500 |
commit | a49c2f18ff67b0ddc89c28ee9350c1e9e1358a47 (patch) | |
tree | 0dbc04bb6472e77ef40712dfc46403b881799b19 | |
parent | 380158d8f8e5a6905e5faf3445477f1653fa99d5 (diff) |
finished up oryx pro
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diff --git a/oryxpro.txt b/oryxpro.txt index 81c61a1..adc31bd 100644 --- a/oryxpro.txt +++ b/oryxpro.txt @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ When I mentioned to System 76 that I wanted to test the Oryx Pro and compare it ## The Hardware -The Oryx Pro that System 76 sent for me to test was not the fully maxed out model, but it did have a GTX 1060 GPU, 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. As configured it would set you back $tk. Even without the max hard drive space and nowhere near the max RAM the Oryx Pro was incredibly powerful, but that's not the first thing that jumps out at you when the Oryx Pro arrives. Once you get past the very clever, minimalist packaging the most striking thing about the Oryx Pro is holy crap this thing is massive. +The Oryx Pro that System 76 sent for me to test was not the fully maxed out model, but it did have a GTX 1060 GPU, 32GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. It also had the 1080p matte IPS display. As configured it would set you back $1864. Even without the max hard drive space and nowhere near the max RAM the Oryx Pro was incredibly powerful, but that's not the first thing that jumps out at you when the Oryx Pro arrives. Once you get past the very clever, minimalist packaging the most striking thing about the Oryx Pro is holy crap this thing is massive. Like most computer users these days I've been programmed to think a laptop should be just slightly thicker than my phone, weigh about the same as my paper notebook and be no larger than an 8x11 sheet of paper. There is of course no reason to expect this beyond the fact that that's the expectation marketing campaigns have created. If you chuck those expectations out the window, you end up with, yes, a much larger laptop, but also a much more capable laptop. @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The other things you may notice if you push the Oryx Pro at all is that it has a I will admit upfront that I am not a gamer, but I did test Grand Theft Auto V and a couple other more graphics-intensive games and discovered just how impressive top end Nvidia hardware actually is. Suffice to say, if you're looking for a portable gaming machine, the Oryx Pro delivers. -I gave the Nvidia card a workout editing 4K video as well and it was similarly impressive, however, quite frankly, 16GB of RAM is just not enough for editing video. So performance did suffer a bit, particularly with KDenlive, though it's hard to say whether this was a result of software, lack of RAM, the graphics card or something in Ubuntu. +I gave the Nvidia card a workout editing 4K video as well and it was similarly impressive, especially with 32GB of RAM at its disposal. The graphics card in the Oryx Pro is powering a 1920×1080 matte, optionally IPS, display that has nice rich colors, renders pretty close to true black, and isn't so HiDPI that it has problems on Linux desktops. Did I mention it's matte? A good matte display, especially a good matte IPS display, is frankly the number one selling point of the Oryx Pro for me. I could comfortably stare at this screen all day with very little eye strain. |